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 Diets for Weight Loss Diets for Weight Loss
 Popular Diet Programs Popular Diet Programs
 Diet Guidelines Diet Guidelines
 Diets for Special Needs Diets for Special Needs
 Diet Analysis Diet Analysis
 Choosing a Diet Program Choosing a Diet Program
 

Diets for Weight Loss "Diets for Weight Loss"


DietSite.com - A free site packed with articles on diets and weight loss. Plus a free online diet program with weight tracking, exercise tracking, meal planning, recipe analysis, chat with a registered dietitian, daily feedback.

Aim for a Healthy Weight - The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has solid information on dieting for weight loss. It also has a free weight loss program online. It includes all the tools such as a meal planner, food diary, exchange lists, and recipes.

Weightloss.About.com - A free site packed with information about weight loss, with fresh articles and links, a discussion board, and weight loss tools.

Referrals to Registered Dietitians - A registered dietitian is the professional to consult for a truly personal and sound weight loss program. Those with health risks need the expertise of a registered dietitian, while those without can benefit from their wealth of knowledge. Get a referral through the American Dietetic Association.

Weight Loss Center - HealthCentral.com keeps you up-to-date with the latest news on weight loss and nutrition research. Articles from Dr. Dean Edell, Covert Bailey, and the People's Pharmacy.

Popular Diet Programs "Popular Diet Programs"


The South Beach Diet - The South Beach Diet is a hot new diet that eliminates carbs for the first two weeks and then reintroduces them. This membership site includes a full range of diet support tools.

WeightWatchers - You can join WeightWatchers to attend live meetings, order the program by mail with phone support, or join the online version. The online program has many tracking tools and meal planning tools and great support articles.

Atkins Diet - Counting carbohydrates is the basis of this diet plan. The site takes you through the phases of adopting the Atkins Nutritional Approach. Enjoy a full index of Atkins-friendly recipes.

The Zone Diet - A little more protein and fat, fewer carbs is the basic plan. This site has the Zone Diet meal plans, helpful charts of how to track foods, a very "handy" guide to how to gauge portions using your hand, the ZonePerfect Cookbook online and more.

eDiets.com - eDiets.com provides a full-featured and inexpensive online weight loss program where you can choose from many specialized diets including a Zone Diet program, an Atkins Diet, the dietitian-designed eDiets program, and more. Online menus including a convenience food menu and recipe-based menus.

Diet Guidelines "Diet Guidelines"


USDA Food Guide Pyramid - The official diet recommended by the US Department of Agriculture for healthy living. View and download the food guide pyramids for adults, children, and ethnic foods. Articles discussing the pyramids, portions, and nutrition.

Traditional Diet Pyramids - Healthy diets based on the traditional diets of various cultures: Asian, Latin, Mediterranean, Vegetarian. From Oldways.

Dietary Guidelines for Americans - It's as easy (and hard) as A-B-C. Aim for fitness - Build a Healthy Base - Choose Sensibly.

Nutrition.gov - All about healthy eating - food facts, food safety, what to eat at various points in your life - kids, teens, adults, seniors, special populations.

Nutrition.about.com - Nutrition news and advice with fresh articles, discussion board, and tools such as a nutrition fact finder for many types of food.

Diets for Special Needs "Diets for Special Needs"


Food Guide Pyramid for Young Children - Parentcenter.org has a nicely viewable version of the official pyramid for ages 2-6, plus helpful nutrition advice for children age 2-4 and 5-6.

Special Diets Resource Guide - People with food allergies and celiac disease will find substitutions, recipes, support and information. Including diets that exclude eggs, dairy (lactose and/or casein), gluten, wheat, artificial flavorings/colorings/ingredients, yeast, corn, soy, peanuts/tree nuts. By Sunni Mullis.

Food Allergies Survival Guide - How to live and eat with food allergies including milk, eggs, and soy.

Diet Analysis "Diet Analysis"


Nutritional Analysis Tool - Select your age group and gender, then enter in the foods or recipe ingredients to get a full nutritional analysis including calories, protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. If you are short on anything, it can suggest other foods to add.

USDA National Nutrient Database - Search the USDA database of foods to find the full nutritional information on each item. This is a public domain database for standard reference.

How to Analyze Your Diet - A quick how-to on analyzing your own diet. Links to the FoodFind nutritional database, nutrition software, eating advice.

Choosing a Diet Program "Choosing a Diet Program"


Choosing a Safe and Successful Weight Loss Program - Good tips on choosing a diet program, especially for those who have health risks. From the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases.

Where to Get Professional Nutrition Advice - Does that "expert" know what he is talking about? Dr. Stephen Barrett of QuackWatch explains which professional titles are reputable and which are bogus from diploma mills.

Diets A-to-Z iVillage - The low-down on 30 popular diets including a description, the upside, the downside, expense, ease, hunger, health, and duration. Sound information from iVillage Registered Dietitian Lynn Grieger.

Comparison of Online Diet Programs - All About compares the online programs for WeightWatchers, Jenny Craig, eDiets.com, and NutriSystem. Compares their basic strategies, food restrictions, lifestyle factors, and costs.

Fad Diet Information - Articles critiquing the latest fad diets, from Nutrition.about.com

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